ATSU graduate named Scotland County coroner

A Scotland County family medicine physician and A.T. Still University graduate will serve as Scotland County coroner after his appointment by Gov. Jay Nixon.

Nixon announced the appointment of Jeffrey Davis, D.O., of Memphis, as the new coroner after the death of Coroner Virgina Monroe.

Davis, an Independent, is a family medicine physician and chief of staff at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He is also a school physician for the Scotland County Schools and was the medical director for the Scotland County Health Department.